Etymology

validly

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Today it means: In a valid manner. Full definition →

English valid ← Middle French valide ← Latin validus
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The story

  1. Latinvalidus
  2. Middle Frenchvalide
  3. Englishvalid
  4. English todayvalidly

From valid + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.